x, 342 pages : 24 cm

"Although values play a leading role in nearly every explanatory theory in the broad realm of the social and behavioral sciences, very little multidisciplinary research material on values is available. Addressing this need, the editors bring together distinguished social scientists, psychologists, and biologists who collaboratively explore fundamental questions about values: What are the determinants of social values, taboos, and ideologies? What are the determinants of individual values? What is the nature of motivations and rewards? Is there an evolutionary basis for the development of values?"--Back cover

Includes bibliographical references and index

Values research in the social and behavioral sciences / Michael Hechter -- Are values real? The enigma of naturalism in the anthropological imputation of values / Fredrik Barth -- On the social construction of distinction : risk, rape, public goods, and altruism / Aaron Wildavsky -- Values come in styles, which mate to change / Harrison C. White -- The meaning, nature, and sources of value in economics / Tibor Scitovsky -- The fair wage-effort hypothesis in unemployment / George A. Akerlof and Janet L. Yellen -- Behavior, reinforcement, and utility / Richard J. Herrnstein -- On the creation and destruction of value / Barry Schwartz -- Value elicitation : Is there anything in there? / Baruch Fischhoff -- Moral philosophy and mental representation / Stephen P. Stich -- Approaches to a psychology of value / George Mandler

Biology and the origin of values / Richard E. Michod -- The neural basis of pleasure and pain / Keith B.J. Franklin -- Sex differences in chimpanzee (and human) behavior : a matter of social values? / Frans B.M. de Waal -- How are values transmitted? / L. Luca Cavalli-Sforza -- Morality recapitulates phylogeny / Lionel Tiger

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